Cpu price performance

Techreport has done a benchmark suit to find out the price/performance ratio.

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16570

Apparently Core i7 920 takes the crown in terms of average overall performance. However since the benchmark suits contains some encoding and CPU-intensive benchmarks, it may not apply to you if you're just looking for a gaming CPU. For gaming, Phenom II X4s are a much better values.

Intel i7 920 ($279.99)

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There... that's the chart. hehe

I actually think the Phenom II's are a better price/performance value at stock.. However, if you OC your i7 I believe it's value increases dramatically.

This site has up to date perf/price ratio data, if you still need it:

http://pcpartcharts.com/filters.php